From parchment scrolls to Internet maps, since ancient times, maps have interpreted space and are also a window for human beings to continuously understand things, environments and societies. As the world enters the digital age of virtual and real integration and the changes in people's living habits, maps are no longer just used as navigation tools, but also injected with many new expectations and capabilities, in the human-computer interaction interface, the map industry is also constantly innovating.
For example, through timely time and space big data to grasp the news dynamics, with the help of AR/VR to break the virtual and real experience boundaries... Let the real world be presented to human beings in the most beautiful virtual posture, refreshing our understanding of space and cognition of map capabilities.
The AITO Q&I M5, which recently carried the HarmonyOS smart cockpit, has attracted the attention of many industry insiders and consumers. Since March 5, the M5 has been delivered, and many people have been able to experience the car map service Petal Maps.
As a digital mapping service, Petal Maps couples hard-core technology with humanistic aesthetics to create a picture of travel. We may be able to read the upgrading direction and development path of digital maps from the map aesthetics of Petal Maps.
The Beauty of Construction: Opening up a God's perspective on the cognitive world
Complete, clear and accurate presentation of geospatial information is the basic cultivation of map products. On Petal Maps, we see a lot of integrated use of technology, opening up the "God perspective" for in-vehicle maps, and many important spatial information appears in the driver's field of vision, bringing a navigation experience with accurate positioning and fast positioning.
Today, geography is digital. Satellites constantly signal at an altitude of 800 kilometers above the earth, and we become moving points on the map, using GPS, tablets or mobile phones to view location information and navigate at any time. Compared with traditional car manufacturers, Petal Maps supports real-time update of road condition data, allowing drivers to truly see the whole world "at this moment".
Satellite signals will be affected by the atmosphere, environment, buildings, etc., and Petal Maps' "super GNSS" technology, based on the macro 3D model combined with the SDK algorithm (ShadowMatching, satellite projection matching), through the algorithm to eliminate a variety of indoor and outdoor errors, to build ultra-accurate positioning capabilities. Even in scenarios such as high-rise building obstruction, intersection, and dense building area, it can still accurately identify the location of the vehicle and provide better navigation services for the owner of the M5.
Petal Maps opens up a "God perspective" of car-to-machine maps, reflecting the true face of the world, which is the beauty of digital geospace brought about by technology.
The Beauty of Design: The Fusion of Humanities and Technology
For many people, the experience of traditional car maps is not ideal, and everyone is more accustomed to installing a mobile phone holder and relying on a more humanized mobile map application to navigate. Whether the beauty of human factors design in the mobile Internet can be extended to the hardware of the car machine has become another key exploration of Petal Maps.
In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, safety is a basic human need, and improving the safety index of car owners during driving is also the top priority of map services. To improve travel safety, Petal Maps has innovated a variety of designs through ergonomics:
1. Multi-screen interaction, more humane visual experience. Navigation information can be displayed in the central control screen, dashboard, HUD (head-up display system) and other places, the owner can choose to watch the most suitable location to display navigation information according to different driving habits and scenarios, such as watching the HUD during driving to avoid wandering, and watching the car machine plan the route when waiting for the red light, avoiding the risk of line of sight shifting, multi-application switching, and not affecting the navigation process.
2. Automatic switching, more labor-saving human factor design. In high-speed driving, the change of light and shade is very common, manually adjusting the display effect of the vehicle map, and it seems to be "superfluous", many drivers also choose to suffer in silence. Petal Maps' dark mode, air conditioning linkage and other functions will be automatically adjusted when the environment changes, bringing users a more comfortable experience. For example, when crossing the tunnel, automatically switch the dark mode to adapt to the low light environment; automatically open the internal circulation of the air conditioner to reduce the impact of exhaust gas and dust inhalation on health in the tunnel.
3. Voice interaction, more labor-saving dialogue mode. Through voice control menus and options, Petal Maps can free hands, so that a variety of operation commands can be reached as soon as they "say", which does not occupy the energy of the owner, and the driving process is naturally safer. For example, shouting "search for gas stations along the way", in the displayed search results, can be completed directly by voice "Select the first option to add as a waypoint", avoiding the risk of distraction of hand operation.
Of course, in addition to basic survival needs, humans also have higher levels of emotional needs such as pleasure, respect, and self-actualization, which also poses a greater challenge to map services. How to make travel happier? Petal Maps gives the answer: freedom of choice.
In terms of interactive mode, Petal Maps supports voice input, handcart interconnection sharing, popular search classification, navigation to add channel points and other ways to find addresses, drivers can choose anywhere.
In terms of information presentation, through the blessing of intelligent algorithms and other technologies, it provides intelligent recommendation, avoidance of congestion, less charge, no high-speed, high-speed priority, road priority, and fastest route preference choice.
On location sharing, Petal Maps supports third-party location information to be shared directly to the car machine, breaking through the hardware barriers of terminal equipment and allowing information sharing. If a friend sends the location of the evening dinner through WeChat, the owner of the Q&A M5 can share the location information to the car machine with one click, and directly use the car large screen navigation to start. The quick sharing of location information between the mobile phone and the car machine avoids the trouble of entering the address and other operations in the car machine, and brings the ultimate convenient experience.
The essence of human factors design is technological innovation to meet human emotions and needs, and the interactive experience provided by Petal Maps is the guarantee of safe driving and the gentleness of technology. As Tagore said, "Let my love envelop you like sunshine and give you glorious freedom." ”
Visual beauty: the pursuit of simplicity in the digital world, the restoration of nature
As the "encoding" of spatial information, digitization also makes the information carried by the map more complex.
In response to the information explosion, Petal Maps uses diversified and personalized information presentation, tightening redundant information, so that the digital world can be clearly and concisely presented.
First of all, Petal Maps' 3D navigation provides rich environmental information, and through the detailed and realistic presentation of scenes such as buildings and trees, it brings users an immersive feeling, and users can quickly judge and make decisions based on real experience.
Secondly, in this era of "looking at faces", Petal Maps truly restores the colors and details of the natural world, so that map products not only have tool attributes, but also give users a real and harmonious sense of beauty in terms of appearance, which makes people shine.
The aesthetic language of Petal Maps began to sprout as early as 2020, in 2020, Petal Maps launched a mobile map APP overseas, which won the recognition of international design experts with "face value" through the concept of differential hue ring such as PCCS, and won the "2021 German Red Dot Design Award". Petal Maps makes the digital space look natural and has become the design soil for more map applications.
In the vast sea of information to pursue simplicity, in the code to build the digital world to restore nature, Petal Maps presents us with the visual beauty of vientiane unity.
Next chapter: The Age of Digital Intelligence, The Hardcore Romance of Maps
Entering the era of digital intelligence, map services are a new perspective on space, a new experience connecting digital services, and a global competition that integrates technologies such as space technology, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things.
Petal Maps is an important step in digital aesthetics that gives us a glimpse into the hardcore romance of the future of mobility.
The aesthetic performance of Petal Maps on the AITO Q&A M5 comes from several reasons.
1. The accumulation of technology.
Powerful AI algorithms, the blessing of Hongmeng intelligent cockpit, and the forging of Petal Maps' differentiated experience are all due to Huawei's investment and accumulation in many technology ports, which has formed a unique technical advantage.
2. Expansion of the boundaries of capabilities.
To create products that meet the experience of the car and machine, enterprises are required to have a precise and comprehensive understanding of terminal hardware, research and development, and human factors. Huawei has been working in the end consumer market such as smartphones and wearable devices for many years, and with a user-centric cultural concept, it is naturally easier to design map products that meet the needs of in-vehicles.
3. Open partner ecosystem.
To create a better sense of use for users, Huawei alone is far from enough. Petal Maps also does not rest on its laurels, releasing a variety of industry-leading technologies through the open platform Petal Maps Platform, encouraging enterprises and developers to access cutting-edge mapping capabilities and creating a better experience for travel services in vertical scenarios. Reducing the technical threshold and integration difficulty, the imagination space of the next generation of maps is also greater.
It is undeniable that no matter how the digital world develops, human beings still need to meet, need to have a warm connection, need to stretch out their tentacles to perceive the real world, from this point of view, the map is not only a tool, but also a basic platform to carry future life.
Technology and human nature, hardcore and romance, should be the two sides of the digital product and service. The collision of Petal Maps and AITO Q&A M5 may drive the overall upgrade of the software and hardware related to in-vehicle maps, and look forward to the aesthetic road of Petal Maps, leading us to the next better site.